Thibaut Courtois is set to return to Chelsea on Wednesday to explain his no-show.

The goalkeeper is due to attend a planned meeting to explain his decision to go AWOL and failure to show up when he was supposed to.

Wantaway stopper Courtois was expected back at Chelsea's Cobham HQ on Monday following his World Cup exploits with Belgium to train and hold talks over his future with new boss Maurizio Sarri.

But having failed to attend Sunday's Community Shield against Manchester City he defied the club again by also not turning up for Monday's afternoon session.

Courtois, 26, has a year left on his Chelsea contract but has already informed Sarri last week that he wants to leave and join Real Madrid for family reasons as his two children live in the Spanish capital.

Thibaut Courtois was in Marbella when he should have been at Chelsea (Image: Spar Tenerife/Twitter)